#8D2237#8D2237

#8D2237 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.142 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2237
RGB	rgb(141, 34, 55)
HSL	hsl(348, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(348, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 61%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.00, 45.66, 14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.00, 47.89, 17.57°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% 0.1372 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.142 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2473, 7.0844, 4.3362)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2237 #228D78

analogous

#8D226D #8D2237 #8D4222

triadic

#8D2237 #378D22 #22378D

tetradic

#8D2237 #6D8D22 #228D78 #42228D

square

#8D2237 #6D8D22 #228D78 #42228D

split-complementary

#8D2237 #228D42 #226D8D

monochromatic

#2A0A11 #5C1624 #8D2237 #BE2E4A #D6546D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#8D2237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8D2237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2237

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2237	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 34, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.142 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5676d',
    500: '#8d2237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2237;
$custom-light: #b5676d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.224,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43167,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2237

secondary

#51B9A5

accent

#E4C544

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2237

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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